MAPEH (MUSIC) 7

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED

PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Quarter 4 Sheet No. 2

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Subject Area and Grade Level: MAPEH 7 (MUSIC)
Activity Sheet No. 2
First Edition, 2021

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 MUSIC 7

Name of Learner: _____________________________ Grade Level: _____ Section: ______

School: ______________________________ Date: ___________

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED PHIPPINE FESTIVAL

I – INTRODUCTION
Philippine festivals are town fiestas celebrating moments in history that
defined identity, polity and locality. Celebration of the arts and culture,to albeit
made central to these festivities, only comes as a texture instead of text in the
whole exercise of the Festival. This articulation of the festival differs entirely from
the European frame borrowed from Bernard Faivre D’Arcier (former Director of the
Avignon Festival) that “the true role of the festival is for artists to dare, to engage in
new projects”. Despite the cultural divides of eastern and western thoughts,
Philippine festivals are still festivals nonetheless.

The Philippines has so many festivals: there are town fiestas celebrating
foundation days, patron saints and a combination of both. These festivals are
occasions when and where people converge, the same occasions when Government
units and the private sector become generous with funds. Fiestas become
important avenues for artistic engagement. As artistic ventures especially in
the Philippine countryside are always wanting in venues and avenues for artistic
engagement, it is in these convergences that the artists find their audience.

II – MELC WITH CODE

 Describes the origins and cultural background of selected Philippine festival/s;

(MU7FT-IVa-d-2)

III – STRATEGY

A. Explore

Activity 1- Pre-Assessment
Direction: Write the letter of your answer on a sheet of paper.

1. Davao holds this festival to celebrate good harvest with street dancing in colorful
tribal costumes and jewelries together with floats fresh fruits and flowers.

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 A. Ibalong or Ibalon C. Moriones
B. Kadayawan D. Panagbenga

2. A colorful folk religious festival during holy week with roman costumes and
painted masks replicating the clothes of biblical Roman Soldiers.
A. Ibalon C. Morione
B. Kadayawan D. Panagbenga

3. The term” Ati-atihan” means________________.

A. Make-Believe Atis C. Make Believe Friend
B. Make-Believe everyone D. Make-Believe Man

4. In Ati-Atihan Festival, the participants shout____________

A. Hala Bira! C. Tara na!
B. Pit senior! D. Viva Senior Nazareno!

5. This festival features street dancing harana, indigenous Filipino

games,Lupakan,singing and dancing in the province of Batangas.
A. Panagbenga C. Sinulog
B. Kadayawan D.Tinikling

6. This is a dance form that originated in Batangas. Traditionally, it is performed

with the accompaniment of the drums and chanting that praises the patron through
poetry, movement and music.
A. Cha-cha C.Subli
B. Pandanggo sa ilaw D. Tinikling

7. It is a collaborative form of theater,music,dance and literature that portrays day to

day struggles and triumphs of common Filipinos.
A. Bodabil C. Moro-Moro
B. Komedya D. Sarsuela

8. It is one of the colorful theatrical traditions in the Philippines used by the

Spanisha as a method to spread Christianity.
A. Bodabil C. Moro-Moro
B.Komedya D. Sarsuela

9. This intermission ac featured comedy skits, music monologue,acrobats, and even

magical acts performed in between long sarsuela acts during the Japanese period
A. Bodabil C. Moro-Moro
B. Komedya D. Sarsuela

10. It is a type os stage performance that portarys the clash between Muslims and
Christians.
A.Bodabil C. Moro-Moro
B.Komedya D. Sarsuela

B. Learn
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 A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering
on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures. It is
often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes
typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture
interrelationship.
These often serve to fulfil specific communal purposes, especially in
regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they're
called patronal festivals. They may also provide entertainment, which was
particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced
entertainment. Festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics also seek to inform
community members of their traditions; the involvement of elders sharing stories
and experience provides a means for unity among families.
These are some of the Phillipine Festival.

1. Sinulog Festival

The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano

adverb sulog which is “like water current
movement,” which describes the forward-
backward movement of the Sinulog dance.
The dance consists of two steps forward
and one step backward, done to the sound
of drums. The dance is categorized into
Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle
vendors at the Basilica continue to perform
the traditional version of the dance when
lighting a candle for the customer,
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/sinulog-
usually accompanied by songs in the
festival/amp/#description
native language.
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/festivals-in-
the-Philippines
The Sinulog dance steps were
believed to originate from Rajah Humabon’s adviser, Baladhay. Up to this day, the
two-steps forward, and the one-step backward movement dance is still used by the
Santo Niño devotees believing that it was the Santo Niño’s choice to have Baladhay
dance.

Sinulog is dubbed Cebu’s grandest festival. Attracting tourist around the

globe annually. The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of
January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus,
known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child),who used to be the patron Saint of the City of

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Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is a dance ritual
that commemorates the Cebuano people’s pagan origin, and their acceptance of
Roman Catholicism.
https://www.beyondcebu.com/cebu/festivals/the-sinulog-festival

2. Ati-Atihan Festival

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The Ati-Atihan Festival is a Philippine festival held annually in January in

honor of the Santo Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) in several towns of the
province of Aklan, Panay Island. The biggest celebration is held during the third
Sunday of January in the town of Kalibo, the province’s capital. The name Ati-
Atihan means "to imitate Ati", the local name of the Aeta people, the first settlers
of Panay Island and other parts of the archipelago.

The festivity was originally a pagan celebration to commemorate the Barter of

Panay, where the Aeta accepted gifts from Bornean chieftains called Datu, who fled
with their families to escape a tyrannical ruler, in exchange for being allowed to
dwell in the Aeta’s lands. They celebrated with dancing and music, with the
Borneans having painted their bodies with soot to show their gratefulness and
camaraderie with the Aeta who had dark skin. Later on, the festivity was given a
different meaning by the church by celebrating the acceptance of Christianity, as
symbolized by carrying an image of the Holy Child or Infant Jesus during the
procession.

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 The festival consists of religious processions and street-parades, showcasing
themed floats, dancing groups wearing colorful costumes, marching bands, and
people sporting face and body paints.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati-Atihan_festival

3. Dinagyang Festival

https://

www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/dinagyang-festival/

The Dinagyang Festival is a famous and religious and cultural

festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the 4th Sunday of January, or right after
the Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan. Dinagyang was
also voted as the Best Tourism event three times in a row among any other festivals
in the Philippines. Dinagyang is a Hiligaynon word that means “merrymaking.”
It is also the most awarded festival in the country because of its legacy, popularity,
and innovation. Dinagyang received honors and regarded as a World Class Festival
and dubbed as the "Queen of all festivals" in the Philippines.
The main part of the festival which is the Ati Tribe competition consists of a
number of "warrior" dancers (who hold a shield in one hand and a spear in another)
in a tribe (locally called "tribu") dancing in a choreographed formation and patterns
as well as chanting to the sound of loud drum beats and improvised percussion
instruments innovated by the respective tribes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagyang

3. Pahiyas Festival

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 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-decorated-house-san-isidro-festival-
lucban-philippines-105251161.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=B4F5419F-
B570-41D9-A042-7DF1FB0E5ABC&
The Pahiyas Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth of May every year in the
Town of Lucban, Quezon. This celebration is held in order to express gratitude to
the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Laborer, for a year of bountiful
harvest, which in Filipino is ani.

During this festival, the people of Lucban adorn their homes with decorations
made of fruits, vegetables, handicrafts, and kiping, or rice wafers. After the festival,
the locals usually share these decorative fruits and vegetables amongst themselves.
The Pahiyas Festival is said to have begun as a simple ritual for thanksgiving to the
idols, or in Filipino anito, for a bountiful harvest. However, when Catholicism
spread throughout the Philippines, this recipient of this festival's graces became
the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Laborer. According to legend, while
Saint Isidore the Laborer was praying, a white carabao and an angel helped to plow
his fields.
https://www.filipinopod101.com/lesson/culture-class-holidays-in-the-philippines-
13-pahiyas
festival/#:~:text=The%20Pahiyas%20Festival%20is%20celebrated,which%20in
%20Filipino%20is%20ani.

5. Panagbenga Festival

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Panagbenga Festival (transl. Flower Festival) is a month-long annual

flower occasion in Baguio. The term is of Kankanaey origin, meaning "season of
blooming".[1] The festival, held in February, was created as a tribute to the city's
flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
[2] The festival includes floats that are covered mostly with flowers not unlike those
used in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The festival also includes street dancing,
presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the
Bendian an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordilleras.

The month-long festival starts at the 1st day of the month, with an opening
activities organized by the City government and private sectors. Many activities
were also celebrated on the duration of the month. But the most crowd-generating
events were in the last week of the festival, the Street Dancing and Float Parade,
after it, Session Road was closed for a week for exhibits. Simulcast, Wright Park
honors their pony boys and horse trainers. Closing ceremonies were at the night of
the last day of the fest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagbenga_Festival#:~:text=Panagbenga
%20Festival%20(%20transl.,meaning%20%22season%20of%20blooming
%22.&text=The%20festival%20includes%20floats%20that,in%20Pasadena's
%20Rose%20Parade.

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 C. Engage

Direction: choose the correct answer in the box.

Panagbenga Festival Pahiyas Festival

Sinulog Festival Kadayawan Festival
Dinagyang Festival Ati-atihan Festival
Maleldo Festival Kaamulan Festival
Turumba Festival Moriones Festival

______________1.Is it a feast held in honor of the Santo Niño held annually in

January concluding on third Sunday, in the town of Kalibo, Aklan in the
Philippines.

______________2.An annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu

City,Philippines.The festival honors the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy
Child),patron of the City of Cebu

_____________3.A religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on

the fourth Sunday of January.It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to
celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the
Island to them by the Atis.

______________4.A month-long annual flower festival occurring in Baguio. The

Festival, held during the month of February, was created as a tribute to the city’s
flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.

__________ 5.Lucban celebrates the festival in honor of the patron saint of

farmers,St.Isidore. This festival showcase a street of houses which are adorned
with fruits, vegetables, agricultural products, handicrafts and kiping, a rice-
made decoration, which afterwards can be eaten grilled or fried.

_______________6.An annual festival held on Holy Week on the island of

Marinduque, Phillipines. The men and women in costumes and masks replicating
the garb of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local folks, a part of the
medieval Roman armor which covers the face.

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________________7.A bukidnon ethnic-cultural festival that takes place from the last
week of February to the first week of March.It can mean a datukship ritual, a
wedding ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or any
number of these together.

D. Apply

Direction: Watch and observe the Video of Kalinayan Festival from San
Jose de Buan https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=69QTrRhQNog&ab_channel=JohnRazelMaestre . Using the local
materials (cans, bottles bamboos, etc) perfom the basic steps of the said
Festival.Record your performance and send it to your teacher through
messenger or other platform. Be guided with the provided Rubrics.

IV – GUIDE QUESTION:
1. What are the different Philippine Festivals?
2. Why it is celebrated?
V - RUBRICS:

The rubric below shows how your performance will be graded.

RUBRIC FOR CULMINATING ACTIVITY (PHILIPPINE)

CATEGORY 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

RHYTHM The beat is The beat is The beat is The beat is

secure and the secure and the somewhat usually erratic
rhythms are rhytms are erratic. Some and rhythms
accurate for mostly rhythms are are seldom
the style of accurate. accurate. accurate
music. There are a few Frequent or detracting
duration repeated significantly
errors, but duration from the
these do not errors. Rhythm overall
detract from problems performance.
the overall occasionally
performance. detract from
the overall
performance.

NOTE Notes are An occasional A few Wrong notes

ACCURACY consistently inaccurate inaccurate consistently
accurate. note is notes are detract from
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 played,but played, the
does not detracting performance.
detract somewhat
performance. from the
overall
performance.

APPEARANCE Instrument is Instrument is Instrument is Instrument is

decorated decorated decorated, but not decorated
creatively attractively. sort of messy or is very
within the looking. messy.
assigned
theme.

VI - KEY TO CORRECT ANSWERS:

A. Explore
1. B
C. Engage
2. C
3. A 1.Ati-atihan F
4. B 2.Sinulog Fest
5. D 3.Dinagyang F
4. Panagbenga
6. C
5.Pahiyas Fes
7. D 6.Moriones fe
8. B 7.Kaamulan F
9. A
10. C

D. Apply

Answers may vary

VII - REFERENCES:
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Music & Arts learners material Grade 7
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/festivals-in-the-philippines/

https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/baguio-flower-festival/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati-Atihan_festival
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/sinulog-festival/amp/#description
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/festivals-in-the-Philippines
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/SzdXB04k2jE/WF85e7iG6UI/AAAAAAAAE6M/
WXd4He6yI48Wc1rU8kZX9bRomBXrhAf2QCLcB/s1600/Festival-Ati-Atihan-v-
Kalibo_glav1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagyang

https://www.filipinopod101.com/lesson/culture-class-holidays-in-the-philippines-13-
pahiyas
festival/#:~:text=The%20Pahiyas%20Festival%20is%20celebrated,which%20in%20Filipino
%20is%20an

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-decorated-house-san-isidro-festival-lucban-
philippines-105251161.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=B4F5419F-B570-41D9-A042-
7DF1FB0E5ABC&

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagbenga_Festival#:~:text=Panagbenga%20Festival
%20(%20transl.,meaning%20%22season%20of%20blooming%22.&text=The%20festival
%20includes%20floats%20that,in%20Pasadena's%20Rose%20Parade.

https://quizzizz.com/admin/quiz/5e82cb8cbcd7391700001cb724/philippine-festival

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